cccccc Earl Dean Overmyer - History and Genealogy of Lake Maxinkuckee

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Earl Dean Overmyer



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Earl Dean Overmyer Plumbing and Heating Co. by this ad it was located at 200 E. Jefferson
Overmyer Plumbing and Heating Company - 1953 - 1960 114 s. Main Earl Dean Overmyer

He also had an air condition buisness also had Overmyer Soft Water - which was located on the corner of 216 W. Jefferson and Slate Street
    1958 September 24 Earl D. Overmyer buys Don Hand's Soft Water Service Effective Oct 1, the ownership and management of Hand's Soft Water Service will be transfered to Earl D. Overmyer listed at 214 E. Jefferson


1961 - Jun 14 - Gates & Calhoun Name Overmyer Culver Manager Heads Chevrolet Branch Here

Earl Dean Overmyer - Prominent Businessman
    The Citizen of May 24 in an important automobile story stated that the well known Argos firm of Gates & Calhoun Chevrolet, Inc. had been appointed the Chevrolet new car dealer for the Culver area.

    This week Gates & Calhoun announced that Earl Dean Overmyer has been named manager of the new Culver branch and will be in complete charge here of new and used car sales.

    Mr. Overmyer needs no introduction to the Culver community because he has been prominent in various business enterprises locally for several years. Moreover, he has a statewide reputation for his leadership in the affairs of Lions International, having served is district governor of theservice club organization...

    Earl Dean Overmyer Family
      The line of Overmyer's date back to 1751 when L. G. Overmyer came to this country. Other generations to follow were George, Pere, Levi, Frank, and Anson Overmyer. Earl Dean Overmyer son of Anson, is the seventh generation.

      On Decemebr 30, 1914, Earl Dean Overmyer was born to Letty (Savage) and Anson Overmyer. They lived in the lower floor wich was ground level in the back, with the store being on the second floor which was ground level to the front in the village of Maxinkuckee (now 18B Rdoad). The store was called "Anson Overmyer General Merchandise" Earl was born in this store. As a boy, Earl wo uld go with his father to Hibbard in a horse drawn dray to pick up fright. Hibbard had a large fright house and it was a direct route from Fort Wayne to Chicago, Illinois. Earl attended grade school in Maxcinkuckee, graduated from Culver High School and attended Athnoy Wayne Engineering Insitute.

      On October 21, 1939 he married Helen L. O'Conner daughter of Lola Moore and Glen S. O'Conner born May 9, 1918. She was born in a private hospital in Plymouth which was later turned over to the city of Plymouth and then to the county and called Parkview. Helen's first six years were spent west of Culver and she remembers seeing wolves and many rattlesnakes. She graduated from Culver High School.

      Helen and Earl built a small home in Maxinkuckee and three children were born: Lance A.; Thad J. ; and Suanne . After Susanne was born, they had to move to a larger home so they built on Academt Drive Road where their son TImothy D. was born . Again their home was crowded so they built a larger home three lots east on Academy Road. They lived there until 1971 and built their present home three miles north of Culver on 16th Road.

      Earl had a plumbing and heating business in Culver and he had the first air conditioned shop in Culver which was around 1953. Earl and Helen ran the business until their eldest son Lance, came into the business in 1t962 and they ran it together until helen retired in 1980.

      Their children all graduated from Culver High School and attended various colleges.

      Lance, a business man married Lynn Stoffell who is the great-granddaughter of Peter Keller , one of Union townships first setllers. They have four children: Shelli ; Sally , Lance A. , and Amy .

      Thad a dentist married Jane Cobb, a registered nurse and they live in Danville, Kentucky. They have three children: Mary Beth; Amanda and Michail .

      Susanne a registered nurse marred Kean MacOwan and they live in Frankfort. They have two sons: Kean Eric and Matthew Webb .

      Tim is a salesman for Vanadco and his address is Plymouth - Mrs. Earl Dean Overmyer. - -

      Marshall County Historical Society, History of Marshall County Indiana - Sesquicentennial 1836-1986, The (1986 Taylor Publishing Co.), Pg. 336. "


    Earl Dean Overmyer BIRTH 13 Dec 1914 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 29 Sep 1995 South Bend Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, BURIAL Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Columbarium Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana,
      Culver Citizen, Vol. 102 No. __ pg. 1 & 2, 1995.

      Earl Dean Overmyer dies at 80

      Earl Dean Overmyer, 80, 17575 16th B Rd., Culver Passed away at 11:15 a.m. Sept 29, in St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend

      Mr. Overmyer was a lifetime resident and owned and operated his own business in Culver for many years. He was a 1932 graduate of Culver High School and attended technological school in Chicago.


      He had been a member of Culver Lions Club, Culver Chamber of Commerce, Maxinkuckee Odd Fellows Lodge. He was the firt distric Ggovernor of Loins Club and was president of the Indiana Loins Cancer Control Fund at Indiana University Medical School. They bought the first netatron and additional equipment at I.U. Medical School.

      Mr. Overmyer was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Plymouth.

      The son of Lettie Savage and Anson Overmyer he was born Dec. 30, 1914, in Culver .

      On Oct 21, 1939 in Elkhart, he married Helen L. O'Conner. - - She survives along with three sons, Lance Overmyer of Culver , Dr. Thad J. Overmyer of Daville, Ky, and Timothy D. Overmyer of Plymouth; his daughter Susanne McOwan of Frankfort, Ind.; 12 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters and two btohers.

      The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Thomas Episcoppla Church with Rev.John E..."


    married Oct. 21, 1939 Elkhart, Elkhart county, Indiana Helen L O'Connor BIRTH 9 May 1918 Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 3 Jul 2013 Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, BURIAL Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Columbarium Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, daughter of Glen O'Conner
      Culver — Helen L. Overmyer, 95, of Culver , passed away at 12 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Miller’s. Merry Manor, assisted living facility, in Plymouth.

      Helen was born May 9, 1918, in Marshall County, to the late Glen and Lola (Moore) O’Connor Helen became the bride of Earl Dean Overmyer, on Oct. 21, 1939, in a ceremony in Elkhart. - South Bend Tribune - Jul 22, 2013 -


    Their children:
      Lance Overmyer married Lynn Stoffell

      Thad J. Overmyer

      Susanne 0vermyer married 1972 Kean Evan “K1” MacOwan BIRTH 24 Aug 1950 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana DEATH 4 Mar 2020 Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana BURIAL IOOF Riverview Cemetery Monticello, White County, Indiana son of Rex Lester MacOwan and Eva Irene Webb

      Timothy "Tim" E. Overmyer



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